TDTS57 Computer Architecture

Case study

For the case study you get points in the range 0 to 10.
These points are added to those from the written exam
and the total obtained sum will decide on the final grading
(see Examination).
If you do not write a case study you automatically get 0 points for this part.

The case study
is performed by a group of not more than 4 and not less than 3
persons. The task is to analyse a processor, to write a report, to
present the report, and to oppose to another report.

Each group chooses to describe a processor at its choice. Next, the
group chooses a title for its report. The title can be, for example,
"Power consumption in PowerPC". This means that you describe the
processor in general, but more importantly, you focus on the new features introduced in the
product and discuss the power consumption.

OBS, try to limit your focus.

The title of your report is of course at your choice. Not all have
to focus on power consumption.

The report is presented by the group in a 15 minutes presentation at
one of the announced presentation occasions (see below). Each group
opposes (leads the discussion, poses relevant questions) to one report
(cca. 5 minutes).

Before presenting

Each group is responsible to send their report (in pdf to their opponents and to sohsa@ida.liu.se
at latest 3 working days before the presentation occasion.
The opponent group should write approximately an A4 page with their opposition on the report and hand in
a hard copy to the course assistant at the presentation occasion.

After the presentation

After the presentation each group make changes to their report according to the comments they received
at the presentation.
When you have the final version of your report (in pdf), you should send it to the course
assistant using the following e-mail address: sohsa65.liu@analys.urkund.se.
This e-mail address should only be used for this purpose. When you send your report to this e-mail address it
will be checked by the Urkund system which consists of a large database of documents.

The Urkund system will compare your reports with the documents in
its database to check if there are any similarities with any existing
document. The documents in the database are taken from scientific
journals and proceedings, from publishing houses, from the Internet,
and more.

When you submit your report to the Urkund system you will receive a
notification from Urkund. After your report has been analyzed (takes
at most 1 day), it will be forwarded to the supervisor together with
the analysis results.

Last day to submit your report to sohsa65.liu@analys.urkund.se:
5th of March 2007
OBS! Exceeding this date results in reduction of points with one point/day.